Born of a French/British
father and an Irish mother, after my father died I grew up
in Dublin from the age of six.

After a year at art school, followed by a year and a half at
University College Dublin, I went to London where I did
various jobs including working as a trainee millineer for a
brief period. Later I moved to Cambridge where I
trained to be a carpenter and joiner, before going to Clare
College to study architecture.

I worked as an architect for many years, designing mainly
sheltered housing and school buildings in Cambridge,
Huntingdon, Newmarket and Stevenage.

photo by Dumbletons

In 1989 I bought a bare field
and started planting a small woodland of native trees to
provide a haven for wildlife. You can see its early progress
on this website, under Planting a Woodland. Here is a
picture of me planting a tree.
In 2006 I published a novel called Silent People, the
unpredictable river in which was inspired by the river
Dodder which flows fast down the Wicklow mountains and
through the city of Dublin. My Irish grandparents lived
opposite the river.

In 2008 I published A
Case of Wild Justice? a novel about crime and
self-defence.

I have been painting mostly in oils throughout my life and,
in 2013, I took up stone carving for the first time. I
exhibit mostly at the Cambridge Drawing Society and I hold
occasional Open Studios.